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Old 31st Dec 2014, 03:15
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Qantas_A380
 
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Airbus FBW

Why is it every time an Airbus FBW airliner suffers a LOC crash we get opinions everywhere about how FBW / computers were somehow responsible for the accident?

I don't remember anyone suggesting Boeing should revise their cockpit design after Adam Air 574 crashed or after ET409 crashed out of control 4 years ago.

Both cockpit designs are safe and fully certified. Side sticks have advantages & disadvantages just like yokes have advantages / disadvantages.

These accidents are usually a result of a larger system wide shortfall where pilots are not trained appropriately and/or panic in an unusual situation. The industry as a whole needs to address this and we really shouldn't see an accident like this again in the developed world if sorted out right away.
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